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By Srian Obeyesekere Afghanistan made short shrift of Sri Lanka by a rousing 7-wicket triumph with 28 balls to spare on a brilliant all-round performance initiated by fast bowler Fazalhaq Farooqi’s 4 for 34 and Mujeeb Ur Rahman 2 for 38 in dismissing their opponents for 241 off 49.3 overs with the batting running strong […]The post Afghanistan makes short shrift of Sri Lanka to raise semi-fi...
- Nissanka’s unbeaten 210 outplays Omarzai, Nabi tons as Sri Lanka clinch opener (Category: Breaking News)
- Omarzai’s career-best takes Afghanistan to 244 (Category: Breaking News)
ICC and UNICEF to bring together cricket’s 1 billion fans to #BeAChampion for children Mumbai’s iconic Wankhede Stadium to turn blue for ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023 fixture between India and Sri Lanka on November 2 ODI cricket’s all-time leading run scorer Sachin Tendulkar and leading wicket-taker Muttiah Muralitharan to support One Day 4 […]The post ICC and UNICEF to ...
- Sri Lanka hoping to consolidate position (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka to play New Zealand in Mumbai (Category: Breaking News)
- Live - India v Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka plan fond farewell for Murali (Category: Breaking News)
SLC MAJOR LEAGUE TOURNAMENT 2023 By Srian Obeyesekere Kandy Customs CC defeated Negombo CC by 35 runs in a Group B fixture of the SLC Major League Tournament at the FTZ Sports Complex, Katunayake while the rest of the fixtures ended in rain marred no decisions. Negombo CC, chasing 208, was dismissed for 172 having […]The post Kandy Customs CC defeat Negombo CC; rest drawn; Nimanda Madushanka...
- Army SC defeat Ace Capital by 195 runs (Category: Sports)
By Srian Obeyesekere Sri Lanka lost to India by 41 runs in a tussle that went out of the window when a seventh wicket 63-run Dhananjaya de Silva-Dunith Wellalage rescue act came to naught when de Silva paid the price of stepping out of his crease to off spinner Jadeja and sacrificed his wicket stumped […]The post India pip Sri Lanka by 41 runs negating Dunith Wellalage’s all-round brilliance...
- Hooda, Axar, Mavi cook up India’s narrow victory in opening T20I (Category: Breaking News)
- India withstand Wellalage’s all-round prowess to reach Asia Cup final (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka lose to India by 2 runs in thriller (Category: Sports)
ANGELO MATHEWS PLAYER OF THE MATCH 25 N.O., KAMINDU MENDIS 44 THE GAME CHANGER By Srian Obeyesekere Minus their showman captain Wanindu Hasaranga de Silva by injury lay off, B Love Kandy chased down 147 in a much-hyped final of the fourth edition of the Lanka Premier League snatching victory over Dambulla Aura by 5 […]The post Minus injury laid down Hasaranga, B Love Kandy defeat Dambulla...
- Kandy hold nerve in last over thriller to win LPL 4 (Category: Breaking News)
- Wanindu Hasaranga 48 hits B Love Kandy out of trouble to finals (Category: Sports)
- Dambulla Aura-B Love Kandy face off a fitting clash of the titans (Category: Sports)
BUT KANDY STILL 2ND IN POINTS TABLE By Srian Obeyesekere The stakes for the 2023 Lanka Premier League championship title hotted up with Colombo Strikers winning a close contest by 9 runs over B Love Kandy in Sunday’s night game and the 18th of the mega tournament. However, Kandy with 8 points from 7 games with […]The post Pathum Nissanka 51, Nipun Dhananjaya 40 star in Colombo Strikers...
- Colombo Strikers win by 9 runs (Category: Breaking News)
- Pathirana, Udana, Janat the most expensive picks in Lanka Premier League 2024 auction (Category: Breaking News)
By Srian Obeyesekere Twenty-two year old Mohammad Haris came to the show yesterday in B Love Kandy’s fourth LPL win as the ruight-hander, in only his second game, reeled Player of the Match stuff 81 off 51 powered by 10 boundaries and 2w over the top in handing Jaffna Kings their fourth loss in the […]The post Mohammad Haris Player of the Match 81 off 51, Angelo Mathews 3/10 star as B ...
- B-Love Kandy register fourth consecutive win in LPL 2023 (Category: Breaking News)
By Srian Obeyesekere Colombo Strikers Babar Azam, who blazed his way to the first three figure mark in the ongoing Lanka Premier League in reaching 104 off 59 balls in becoming the second batsman in T20 cricket to score 10 centuries after West Indian Chris Gayle, did insulate the Pakistan captain in a groove as […]The post Babar Azam’s century blitz in 10-ton T20 record first appeared on Sr...
- Tanzid 84, Rishad blitz seal series for Bangladesh (Category: Breaking News)
- Kohli Blitz Downs Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Nissanka and Avishka blitz Afghanistan in Sri Lanka’s clean sweep (Category: Breaking News)
- Australia blitz, Zampa guile leave England title defence in the balance (Category: Breaking News)
By Srian Obeyesekere Tim Seifert pounded 74 off 39 balls with 5 over the top and an equal number of boundaries as the 28-year old New Zealand star showed no love for the B-Love Kandy attack in powering Galle Titans to back to back wins coasting home by 83 runs in yesterday’s night fixture to […]The post Tim Seifert Player of the Match 74 off 39 as Titans roar by 83 over B-Love Kandy to lead ...
- Galle Titans beat B-Love Kandy by 83 runs (Category: Breaking News)
- Colombo Strikers in thrilling seven wicket win (Category: Breaking News)
- Galle Titans crush defending champs by seven wickets (Category: Breaking News)
‘It Takes One Day’ campaign connects to the Men’s CWC 2023 ‘Navarasa’ showcasing the raw emotions experienced by fans and players Campaign film featuring Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan along with cricketers including Jemimah Rodrigues, Eoin Morgan, Jonty Rhodes and Shubman Gill available to view here The campaign unveiling saw over 85 content creators, in an […]The post ‘It Takes One Day...
- India 2023 World Cup brand launched (Category: Breaking News)
- ICC Men’s Player of the Month for June 2023 revealed (Category: Sports)
- ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023 schedule announced (Category: Sports)
Sri Lankan spinner Hasaranga clinches the award following record-breaking feats at ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup Qualifier in Zimbabwe Women’s Ashes hero Ashleigh Gardner becomes the first player to win three Player of the Month accolades More about the ICC Player of the Month awards is available here. The International Cricket Council (ICC) today announced the […]The post ICC Men’s Player of ...
- ICC Player of the Month Nominees for June Revealed (Category: Sports)
- GILL AND ATHAPATHTHU NAMED ICC PLAYERS OF THE MONTH FOR SEPTEMBER (Category: Sports)
- Wanindu Hasaranga wins ICC Men’s Player of the Month award for June (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka Squad for the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup (Category: Sports)
ICC Men’s Player of the Month contenders include Wanindu Hasaranga (SL), Travis Head (AUS) and Sean Williams (ZIM) Tammy Beaumont (ENG), Ashleigh Gardner (AUS) and Hayley Matthews (WI) comprise the list of ICC Women’s Player of the Month nominees More about the ICC Player of the Month awards is available here VOTE NOW FOR ICC MEN’S […]The post ICC Player of the Month Nominees for June ...
- SL A v Aus A – Day 2 report (Category: Sports)
- AUS v SL – 1st Final – Brisbane (Category: Sports)
- AUS v SL – 2nd Final – Adelaide (Category: Sports)
July 4, 2023: Star Sports, the country’s leading sports network, will have the exclusive television media rights for the upcoming Lanka Premier League (LPL) 2023, scheduled to be played in Sri Lanka from July 30 to August 21. Having bagged the television broadcast rights, Star Sports will telecast the league’s exciting action live, exclusively in […]The post Star Sports acquires television b...
- Expolanka acquires controlling stake in Akquasun Holidays for US$ 915,000 (Category: Business)
- Expolanka acquires controlling stake in Akquasun Holidays for US$ 915,000 (Category: Business)
- Carlyle Group acquires 9% stake in India Infoline (Category: Business)
- Access acquires control of Sathosa Motors (Category: Breaking News)
Athapaththu first Sri Lanka player to top MRF Tyres ICC Women’s ODI player rankings ICC Media Release Sri Lanka captain Chamari Athapaththu has become the first player from her country to top the MRF Tyres ICC Women’s ODI Player Rankings after starring in a 2-1 series win over New Zealand in the ICC Women’s Championship. […]The post History made as Sri Lanka star claims No.1 batter ran...
- Chamari Athapaththu back atop ICC Women’s ODI Batting Rankings (Category: Breaking News)
- Chamari Athapaththu tops ICC Women’s ODI batting rankings (Category: Breaking News)
- History made as Sri Lanka star claims No.1 batter ranking (Category: Breaking News)
- Chamari Athapaththu won ICC Women’s ODI Cricketer of the Year for 2023 (Category: Breaking News)
SLC MAJOR CLUBS T20 TOURNEY By Srian Obeyesekere Yasodha Lanka 13-ball 41 in Colt’s 8-wkt.win over Ragama CC, Minod Bhanuka, Anjala Bandara and Yohan Suresh star in CCC’s 5-wkt.win over Kandy Customs Colts CC opening batsman Yasodha Lanka hit a cameo 13-ball 41 powered by 4 sixes and 3 boundaries in his side’s 8-wicket win […]The post Lahiru Madushanka 50 n.o. & 4/17 in Bloomfield’s 8-wk...
By Srian Obeyesekere Twenty nine year old leg spinner Dushan Hemantha of Badureliya SC got the big break debuting for Sri Lanka in the first ODI against Afghanistan at the Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium today after star leggie Wanindu Hasaranga de Silva was ruled out of the game following a heel impairment he sustained […]The post Dushan Hemantha gets big break after Wanindu...
By Srian Obeyesekere As sure as the rising sun, consistency has been young Nishan Madushka’s signature trade mark success story.To fail in the first shy has meant nothing short of coming good in the next. It has been the centre piece to an extraordinary take off that has set him apart as Sri Lanka’s new […]The post NISHAN MADUSHKA: Consistency has been his success story first ap...
- Death threats won’t deter us – EC Chairman (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka bakery owners raise bread, other baked good prices (Category: Breaking News)
By Srian Obeyesekere On a colourful note of contrasting characteristic significances young colt Nishan Madushka and the old guard skipper Dimuth Karunaratne struck centuries in the very first session as Sri Lanka reached 357 for 1 wicket in closing on Ireland’s 492 on a rain hit third day of the second test match which washed […]The post Sri Lanka 357/1; Nishan Madushka reaches magical Test ...
- NISHAN MADUSHKA REACHES 1000 MARK (Category: Sports)
- Sri Lanka Cricket Reaches Out To The North (Category: Breaking News)
- Dinara reaches quarter-finals (Category: Breaking News)
The Lanka Premier League (LPL) is back and better than ever with its upcoming 4th edition set to take place from 30th July to 20th August, 2023. This year, the matches will be played both in Colombo and Kandy, featuring five teams: Galle Gladiators, Dambulla Aura, Lyca Jaffna Kings, Colombo Strikers and Kandy Falcons – […]The post World-Class Cricketers Set Sights on LPL 2023: Sri Lanka’s T2...
- LPL 4th Edition Opens Player Registration for Overseas Players! (Category: Sports)
- Sir Vivian Richards Joins Lanka Premier League as Brand Ambassador (Category: Sports)
- Sir Vivian Richards joins Lanka Premier League as brand ambassador (Category: Breaking News)
- LPL signs Sanath Jayasuriya and Wasim Akram as brand ambassadors (Category: Breaking News)
By Srian Obeyesekere Dimuth Karunaratne led Sri Lanka holds the aces in the historic first ever test match against minnows Ireland in the historic first ever test match between the two countries that gets underway at the Galle International Cricket Stadium tomorrow. But for the 11th full member of the ICC fold Andrew Balbirnie’s little […]The post HISTORIC FIRST TEST: Sri Lanka holds t...
- Business Mission (Category: Business)
- South Africa v Sri Lanka scorecard (Category: Breaking News)
- South Africa v Sri Lanka - scorecard (Category: Breaking News)
- Pakistan secure series after draw (Category: Breaking News)
PLEDGE THEIR SUPPORT FOR COUNTRY TO WIN ANOTHER WORLD CUP By Srian Obeyesekere Sri Lanka’s T20 World Champions of 2014 relived the moments nine years hence on April 6 in a moving flashback to the landmark achievement, while rallying around the contemporary T20 Team, echoed their expectations for a repeat performance by Sri Lanka touch […]The post Nine years hence, Sri Lanka’s 2014 T20 Wor...
- ICC T20 World Cup 2014 | Earning the right to roar (Category: Sports)
- Dr. Jayantha Dharmadasa reminiscing the iconic 2014 T20 World Cup glory (Category: Sports)
- LIVE – Sri Lanka vs Japan | Match 4 – ACC Men’s U19 Asia Cup 2023 (Category: Sports)
- Sri Lanka Squad for the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023 (Category: Sports)
By Srian Obeyesekere In a never as before overseas tours of make or break boiling point on two frontiers of Sri Lanka having to clean sweep New Zealand to making it to the ICC World Test Championship final that evaporated in a 2-nil defeat, to meeting the next hurdle, the most decisive of the two […]The post Sri Lanka front New Zealand in sky high challenge for automatic qualification for Wo...
- Sri Lanka set up dream finale for Muralitharan (Category: Breaking News)
- New Zealand facing mighty challenge in semifinals (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka v New Zealand - scoreboard (Category: Breaking News)
By Srian Obeyesekere New Zealand defeated Sri Lanka by 2 wickets in the first Test with star batsman Kane Williamson reeling off an unbeaten 121 off 194 balls and Daryl Mitchell 81 off 86 leading the way on the fifth and final day at the Hagley Oval at Christchurch Monday to go one up in […]The post Kane Williamson 121 n.o. and Daryl Mitchell 81 guide New Zealand to 2-wicket win appeared fir...
- Video: HIRU THANIWELA EP 400 (Category: Video)
- Williamson steers New Zealand to thrilling last-ball win (Category: Breaking News)
- Video: CoL has increased by 400 percent - Maithri (Category: Video)
- 400 Shops In Colombo To Be Sealed (Category: Breaking News)
At age 23, Nishan Madushka, the discovery from Moratuwa’s Moratu Vidyalaya, whose willow works reached the dizzy run making skyline in spellbinding style has found the deserving reward of being noticed by the national selectors. Madushka being named in the Sri Lanka squad for the upcoming tour of New Zealand has indeed propelled the Ragama […]The post Nishan Madushka’s record run makin...
- NISHAN MADUSHKA: Consistency has been his success story (Category: Sports)
Ashan Priyanjan struck an unbeaten century and skipper Minod Bhanuka 73 in Dambulla’s 297 for 6 against Colombo after being put into bat on the opening day of the Sri Lanka Cricket National Super League 2023 match at the Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium on Thursday. Priyanjan was on 100 off 167 balls crossing the […]The post Ashan Priyanjan n.o. 100, Minod Bhanuka 73 sta...
- Minod Bhanuka n.o. 108 Dambulla 279/6 lead Colombo by 363 (Category: Sports)
- Roshen Silva struck a composed unbeaten 47 to rescue Colombo (Category: Sports)
- Dambulla beat Jaffna by 5 wkts. Sanoj Darshika solid 60 n.o. (Category: Sports)
Jaffna romped to a handsome 4-wicket win over Kandy inside of three days fronted by Shashrika Dulshan’s 4–wicket haul for 73 in dismissing their opponents for 222 in the second innings which was optimised by Dhananjaya de Silva’s unbeaten 82 off 110 balls inclusive of 10 boundaries reaching the target of 243 for the loss […]The post Shashrika Dilshan 4/73, Dhananjaya de Sil...
- Janith Liyanage 129 in Jaffna’s 245 vs Kandy 2nd Innings 172/6 (Category: Sports)
- All 12 Major League Tournament matches hampered by rain (Category: Sports)
Jaffna Kings tune up with 9-wkt. win over Colombo Stars (1st PARA) Jaffna Kings powered to a 9-wicket thrashing of the star studded Colombo Stars whose frontline Sri Lanka stars failed to live up to expectations as the side made a disappointing 128 for 9 off 20 overs. The day...The post The Kings tune up with 9-wkt win over Colombo Stars appeared first on Sri Lanka Cricket.
- Rahamanullah and Avishka power Jaffna Kings to an 8 wicket win (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka in cakewalk 9-wkt. Routing of Afghanistan to take series 2-1 (Category: Sports)
The third edition of the Lanka Premier League 2022 will see Jaffna Kings taking on Kandy Falcons tomorrow in a Play off to deciding the finalist while Colombo Stars will take on Galle Gladiators in the second decider at the R. Premadasa International Cricket Stadium. Of course, Kandy Falcons, led...The post LPL FINALISTS TO BE DECIDED BETWEEN: Jaffna Kings vs Kandy Falcons, Colombo Stars vs Galle ...
- Janith Liyanage 129 in Jaffna’s 245 vs Kandy 2nd Innings 172/6 (Category: Sports)
- Do What You Like Vs Like What You (Have To) Do! (Category: Breaking News)
Pace bowler Kasun Rajitha wrought havoc with a spellbinding 5 for 22 in bundling out Dambulla Aura for 89 runs as Colombo Stars swept to a 9-wicket win and the second in successive days with 51 balls to spare in Tuesday’s night encounter of the Lanka Premier League 2022 at...The post Kasun Rajitha 5/22 Star of the night as Dambulla crash by 9 wkts. appeared first on Sri Lanka Cricket.
When it looked like Colombo Stars was sunk by the Galle Gladiators with 40 off 18 balls for victory following the fall of Skipper Angelo Mathews for 7, Ravi Bopara, the former England all-rounder, who had watched from the other end con 7, performed the incredible thundering his way to...The post Ravi Bopara 31 off 12 lifts Colombo Stars to dramatic 2- wicket win over Galle Gladiators appeared firs...
- Galle Gladiators defeat Colombo Stars by 25 runs (Category: Breaking News)
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